Pondichery Centralised Admission Committee Joint Entrance Test (CENTAC JET) is an entrance examination conducted for admission to various courses like engineering, medical, dental and law in colleges of Pondicherry by Centralised Admission Committee. Admission through JET in B.Tech course is available in Pondicherry Engineering College(PEC) & Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Institute of Engg., & Tech., Karaikal.

There are a total of 450 seats available in Pondicherry Engineering College and 180 seats in Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Institute of Engineeringg & Technology. 85% seats in both colleges are reserved for Pondicherry candidates while rest of the seats are open to all India candidates. There is no entrance test for B.Tech entrance. Admission is based on the marks secured in Mathematics, Physics and any one of the following optional subjects : Chemistry/Bio-Technology/Computer Science/Biology.

Reservation of seats for various degree courses in Puducherry under various categories is given in the tables below:

Categories

Percentage of Reservation

Scheduled Caste (SC) – Applicable for OriginSC Candidates only

16

Most Backward Classes (MBC) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) (a ratio of 60:40 as quantum of reservation for MBC and OBC respectively out of overall reservation of 33%)

33 (20 + 13)

Children / Grand Children of Freedom Fighter (FF) *

4

Physically Handicapped (PH) *

3

Wards of Ex-Servicemen

1/3

Candidates who are excellent in Sports (SP) *

1

Special Allocation Category

B.Tech

Candidates from Karaikal Region *

96

Candidates from Mahe Region *

21

Candidates from Yanam Region *

16

* Seats reserved / allocated under these categories will become operational, only if, the minimum member of seats earmarked for each of these categories are not filled up, under normal process of selection in any category.

Admission into the 1st semester of B.Tech. degree program is made on the basis of marks obtained on JET and qualifying examination (Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics). The marks obtained in the qualifyingexamination and JET is accounted in the ratio of 1:1.Educational Qualification:
The educational qualification for admission into 1st semester of B. Tech.degree program is H.Sc. or an equivalent examination with minimum of 50% marks. An aspiring candidate must have studied Mathematics and Physics with Computer Science / Chemistry / Biology (Botany & Zoology) or Bio-Technology at H.Sc. or an equivalent academic level.
Improvement marks secured in the first improvement attempt will be considered.No. of attemptsfor passing the qualifying examination

Category

No. of attempts for passing the qualifying examination.

SC/ST

3

Others

2

Every sitting is considered as an attempt.Age Limit:
A candidate’s age should not be less than 17 years and more than 21 years in the fall of December in the year in which he / she want to appear in JET – Joint Entrance Test, Pondicherry. A 3 year age relaxation in upper age limit is given in case of schedule castes (SC) and schedule tribes (ST) category candidates.